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Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: The discrepancy of the general  quality between those who stood up for me in the last two weeks and those who used every tactics in the Stalinist book to silence me or my writing is staggering.  Amongst my supporters you'll find the greatest minds in academia, activism, journalism, art and beyond.  The list of my detractors is slightly embarrassing. It includes an ex-concentration camp guard Jeffrey Goldberg,  UK leading  Sayanim ring, one or two Bundists operators specialising in harassment campaigns and even one who thinks that he is Lenin.

For the obvious reasons they have failed all the way through- until now we didn’t see a single attempt to debate my ideas.  We didn’t come across a single argument. Instead we see a tsunami  of unsubstantiated labels levelled against my endorsers, supporters  and myself. But we stand firm, we lost our fear. We know that The Tide Has Changed.

I do think that my detractors better change their tactics, just for the sake of making life slightly more interesting.  They better find within their battalions  some who are clever enough to support their case.  Forging documents, quoting out of context, attributing misleading interpretations, copying  & pasting, intimidating, harassing, bullying or even shameful tantrums are not going to provide the good.

The following is a short post by professor Brian Leiter from Chicago University who comes into a conclusion looking at the evidence that is laid in front of him. A transparent  and brilliant text.   

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/

 

Brian Leiter...all because he wrote a blurb for a book, which none of the critics appear to have read.  What a world.  (I should add I've never met Professor Mearsheimer, and I share Professor Chomsky's skepticism about his and Walt's thesis about The Israel Lobby, but the hatchet jobs on him and Walt, which continue to this day, are such a travesty for academic freedom and honest intellectual discourse, that I hope readers will look at Mearsheimer's measured response to the latest smear and make sure to share it widely with colleagues and friends.)

UPDATE (9/28):  Prior to this tempest in a teapot about a blurb (!!!) on a book no one seems to have read (other than Professor Mearsheimer!), I'd not heard of Gilad Atzmon, the author who is apparently so verboten in certain circles that one can't even recommend anything he has written.   I found this interview with him illuminating and clarifying about his position, and it certainly confirms Mearsheimer's description of his outlook at the link, above.  Of particular relevance is this part of the interview:


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